Watertown Daily Times Overnight stays spotlighted at Country Cousins Farm on Open Farm Sunday

EVANS MILLS — Guests from New York City, New Jersey, Syracuse and Toronto got to experience authentic “country living” this summer by staying overnight at a cabin at Country Cousins Farm, a small, 57-cow dairy farm in Evans Mills...

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Country Cousins Farm, a short distance from Lake Ontario in Evans Mills, NY, is under the care of first-generation farmers Stan and Sharon Horning. They and their children have tended to the farm and their herd of 100 Holsteins since 1993...

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Developing a farm stay of any kind requires a full family commitment and diligent homework on several different fronts, not the least of which are zoning, building and health code permits; insurance; financing; accounting; activities; and marketing.You’ll need to consider setting policies for reservations and cancellations, on-farm rules, safety standards, and, if you plan to hire help, hospitality training and labor management.Stanley and Sharon Horning opened the Country Cousins Farm (http://www.countrycousinsfarm.com) cabin to guests in May 2012, six years after Stanley first read about farm vacations and began considering the idea of offering overnight accommodations. The Evans Mills dairy farm, milking 58 to 60 cows, is located in New York’s Thousand Islands region.